Until December, 2010, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute, as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence.

Zhao was born in China's Sichuan Province. He received his B.A. in English Language Education from Sichuan Institute of Foreign Languages in Chongqing, China in 1986. After teaching English in China for six years, he came to Linfield College as a visiting scholar in 1992. He then began his graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. He received his A.M. in Education in 1994 and Ph.D. in 1996. He joined the faculty at MSU in 1996 after working as the Language Center Coordinator at Willamette University and a language specialist at Hamilton College.

Education

Ph.D., Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

AM, Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.A., Language Education, Sichuan International Studies University

Research

Ph. D. in Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.

AM. in Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994.

BA. in English Language Education, Sichuan International Studies University, 1986.

Work Experiences

1. August 18 2016-Present, Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Education, University of Kansas.

2. December, 2010-June 2016, Presidential Chair, Weiman Professor of Technology, Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership, College of Education, University of Oregon.